Improvement in window-casings



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE WILLIAM J. ROSS, OF WEST BOYLSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDOW-CASINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,224, dated November24, 1874; application tiled March 30, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. Ross, of

' West Boylston, in the county of Worcester' and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWindow Frames or Casings; and l do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings which form a part of this specication, and inwhich- Figure l represents a vertical section on line B C, Fig. 2, of somuch of a windowframe and one of the sashes as is necessary toillustrate my present invention. Fig. 2 represents a cross-sectionthrough the window casing and sash on line A B, Fig. l; and Figs. 3 and4 represent opposite views of portions of the window-casing on one side,as will be hereafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to makeand use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

My invention is designed to obviate the diiiiculties and objectionsincident to the present modes of making the window frames and casingsfor the purpose of permitting the window-sash to be removed whendesired, and also for the insertion ofthe weights and cords, and for theadjustment of the same when necessary; and consists in the use, for thepurposes aforesaid, in window frames or casings,'of a removable section,having its upper extension charnfered off on the inner side, so that itcan be inserted when the sash is not entirely raised, in conjunctionwith an overhanging inclined cut in the casing tting a correspondinginclined cut on the removable section, the parting bead forming aportion of said removable section, all as herein described. A In thedrawings, the parts marked A and B represent the lower and upper sash ofa window, and the parts marked C D the sides of the window-frame, which,in this case, constitute the side casings and thepartin g beadsthat is,the parts C D are cut or molded upon their inner sides, with propergrooves for the window-sash to work in, with tongues or parting beads abetween them, thus dispensing with separate pieces or tongues a, andalso separate pieces for the inside casings to hold the inner sash inplace, as shown at b b.

By this mode of construction the parts referred to can be made andfinished in a much more finished and perfect manner, while saving theexpense of screws and other fastenin gs usually employed for securingthe parts in place, especially theparts marked b b.

Upon each side of the lower sash separatey sections E E are made to tinto corresponding recesses cut out of the window frame and casing, asindicated in the drawings. The upper ends of said parts are madebeveling to lit under corresponding shoulders, or overhanging inclinedcuts f on the xed parts of the casing, whereby, when the lower ends ofthe parts E E are secured, said removable sections will be held tightlyin place. The lower ends of the parts E E may be held in plac'e by ascrew, as shown at c, 0r by pins, as shown at e. the sections E arechamfered oft' on the inside, as shown at g, so that they may beinserted in place when the sash is not entirely raised.

To remove the sash it is only necessary to run up the lower sash, andthen remove one of the pieces E, after which the sash is lowered and oneend allowed to enter the space from which the part E was taken, when theother end of the sash will slip by the projection b on the oppositeside. The upper sash is removed in a similar manner, after the lowersash has been removed, by simply drawing it down.

It will be understood that a section of the parting bead a is made with,and forms a part of, the detachable piece E.

Weight pocket-holes F are made in the sides of the pieces or wndow-jambsG D, whereby, when the sections E E are removed, convenient access canbe had to the weights.

Fig. 3 shows an inside view of one of the removable pieces E and asection of the casing to which it is attached; and Fig. 4 represents anoutside view of a section of the oasing or frame, showin g one of thepocket-holes F.

By making the sides of the frame or casing The upper end or extensionof` all in one pieceI can make grooves d upon the outside ot' the sash,in which to arrange window-screens, so that they will not have to beremoved when the Windows are raised, 10W- ered, or removed.

Those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs cannot fail toappreciate the great practical value and importance of my invention,both as regards the expense in tting the sash-holding devices in place,and the convenience in removing the sash from the Window-frame, whichcan always be done Without marring any of the parts, and my invention isapplicable as Well to the cheapest as the most expensive buildings.

Having thus described my improvements in window frames or casngs, what Iclaim therein as new, and of my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The removable section E, having its upper extension chamfered ofi' onthe inner side, so that it can be inserted When the sash is not entirelyraised, in conjunction With an overhanging inclined cnt, f, tting acorresponding inclined cut on the removable section, the parting beadforming a portion of said removable section, as and for the purposesshown and described.

WILLIAM J. ROSS.

Witnesses:

Tiros. H. DODGE, EDWIN E. MOORE.

